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Monday, May 20, 2013

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Sebelius the philanthropist

Spencer Cowan | May 16, 2013, 11:44 am

What do you do when your boss asks you to purchase a tchotchke for his daughter’s school fundraising drive? If you are at all concerned about your career, you pinch your nose and pony up. The boss might be obnoxious, … read more >

Economics, Entitlements

Republicans against entitlement cuts? Seriously?

Michael R. Strain and Alan D. Viard | April 11, 2013, 2:33 pm

President Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget plan includes some significant steps towards restraining federal entitlement spending, including indexing Social Security benefits to the chained CPI and increasing premiums for high-income Medicare beneficiaries. Of course, some people believe that the president’s modest … read more >

Pethokoukis

Should health care exchanges go national?

James Pethokoukis | March 25, 2013, 3:59 pm

First a perfunctory “Obamacare delenda est.” Now onto reality. Reihan Salam offers a sensible choice, either a) push health care to the states and make them pay for the ACA exchange subsidies, or b) create a national exchange with the Feds … read more >

Carpe Diem

Cartoon of the day

Mark J. Perry | March 25, 2013, 12:09 pm

Another great one from Henry Payne, posted here with his permission.

Economics, Health Care, Pethokoukis

Is the way to fix Obamacare … more Obamacare?

James Pethokoukis | February 20, 2013, 4:23 pm

Democrats from President Harry Truman onward have pushed for government-provided health insurance. And they thought their moment had arrived with the election of Barack Obama as president and huge Democratic majorities in Congress. It didn’t quite happen the way they … read more >

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Politics and Public Opinion, The Presidency

Sneak peek at the State of the Union with AEI experts

Brittany French | February 11, 2013, 6:00 am

Tuesday, President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address, a speech White House aides say will bookend his inaugural address in January. AEI scholars covering issues on the economy, education, health care, and foreign policy weigh in … read more >

Carpe Diem

Ronald Reagan speaks out against Obamacare in 1961

Mark J. Perry | February 6, 2013, 11:59 pm

In 1961, Ronald Reagan spoke out against socialized medicine, and said “One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people, has been by way of medicine. It’s very easy to disguise a medical program as a … read more >

Economics, Health Care

Confused professors shocked schools are cutting their hours to avoid Obamacare penalties

Marc Thiessen | January 23, 2013, 9:46 am

Barack Obama is a former adjunct professor of constitutional law, and no group has been more solidly supportive of his liberal agenda than the professorial class. So it is a sweet irony that the latest group getting hammered by the … read more >

Carpe Diem

George Will: Because penalties for not buying insurance are limited, Obamacare may be on the path to ultimate extinction

Mark J. Perry | January 20, 2013, 6:05 pm

George Will explains in today’s Washington Post that Chief Justice John Roberts may have temporarily rescued Obamacare by finding it to be constitutional, but by limiting the penalties for not buying health insurance, he may have made the Affordable Care … read more >

Economics, Pethokoukis

In search of … a GOP alternative to Obamacare

James Pethokoukis | December 13, 2012, 11:40 am

More of this, please: A Republican doctor on the House Ways and Means Committee encouraged his colleagues Thursday to produce meaningful legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act in the next session of Congress. “It’s incumbent upon us to put forward … read more >

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